Physics problem since latest update

3DRaddict · 10-04-2014 08:08 AM

I am now unable to translate any of my actors in the demo "Mouse Manipulation of Rigid Bodies" which I posted up a couple of months ago:
http://www.esenthel.com/community/showth...p?tid=7884

The code I've used to accomplish the translation is:

PHP Code:

actorMass=SelectedActor->mass();
            Vec AddedForce; 
     
            float ForceStrength=actorMass * MOVE_STRENGTH; 
            AddedForce = (RayOffsetLocation-ActorLocation);
            SelectedActor->addForce(AddedForce*ForceStrength); 

However, there is no problem with rotation of a selected actor. It works exactly as before the update.

PHP Code:

Torque.x = 0.0;
               Torque.y = ROTATE_STRENGTH*actorMass;
               Torque.z = 0.0;
               SelectedActor->addTorque(Torque); 

I have made no changes to the code prior to the latest update.

Referring to my demo: on selecting the actor with the mouse cursor, it refuses to budge in any direction when I move the mouse.

This problem is also present in the other examples where I use the mouse to manipulate the actor (e.g. Warping BeachBall)

**Esenthel** · 10-04-2014 09:25 AM

Hello,

Last update had no changes to physics.

The problem must be somewhere else.

I've made a small test and Actor.addForce works ok.

3DRaddict · 10-04-2014 01:14 PM

Yes the physics is fine.
I've now got it working to my satisfaction.
The problem seemed to be a timing issue regarding the mouse cursor screen position.

Previous to the update I had to use the following code to keep the mouse cursor centered on the actor whilst it was being translated by the mouse movement:

PHP Code:

//Keep cursor image on hit centre of picked object
         Vec2 screen=PosToScreen(ActorLocation); // convert world position to screen position
         Ms.pos(screen); 

Now, after the update, by commenting this code out, everything operated correctly.
(i.e. the selected actor could be translated AND the cursor remained centralised on the
actor)

So... it would appear the increased speed of operations with the new update was the GOOD culprit! grin

Physics problem since latest update
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